Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Three Destruction
Suzuki Yoshikazu did not understand what Kiyomizu Soji said for a while. He was very puzzled by Kiyomizu Soji's idea. In his eyes, Katsuri Castle is much more valuable than Ikkim, and it is impossible to compare whether from a military or political perspective.
Kiyomizu Soji wanted to make it clear openly, but he knew that such things could not be told the truth. He knew that Katsuri City was indeed much more valuable than a palace city, and from a military perspective, Katsuri City, which was flat, was easily broken.
After increasing his troops, Kiyomizu Soji once wanted to break through Shengrui City and win the final victory of Apo Kingdom. However, after calming down, he finally realized that he had done some things. From a military perspective, breaking Shengrui City is much simpler than a palace city.
Politically speaking, Kiyomizu Soji has gained a high reputation in the Battle of Nakamochuan, and if he solves Guanrui City, then the result is that the master is shocked. How will Noyama Yichou view him? Moreover, the generals of the four-country legion are waiting to win Guanrui City to make contributions. What will they think of Kiyomizu Soji?
Where there are people, there will be struggles and interests. In the eyes of many people, the Four Kingdoms Legion is just a temporary legion. After solving the Four Kingdoms region, it will be disbanded at most when the Battle of Kyushu ends. Everyone wants to obtain enough military achievements in a short period of time. Kiyomizu Soji has already achieved greater military achievements than others. Even now, the Apo people only know Kiyomizu Soji, but they do not know that the commander of the Four Kingdoms Legion is Noyama Yoshinosa.
Kiyomizu Soji believed that Noyama Yoshiko was a generous gentleman, otherwise he would not have added troops to him and handed over the sharpest weapon to him. However, it does not mean that others would not be jealous of his contributions and would say bad things about him in Noyama Yoshiko's ear.
Kiyomizu Soji was sober that he could not do it himself, whether from a military or political perspective, but the increase in troops reached tens of thousands of people, and the transport of four amazing big tubes was unreasonable if he didn't make some appearances.
Ichimiya Castle has become a substitute for Katsuri Castle. Its political status in Awa Country is second to Katsuri Castle and is at the forefront of the second level. There are not many Awa Country people who are publicly waving the flag for Miyoshi Yoshi, and Ichimiya Castle Lord Naisuke Ogasawara is the leader.
From a military perspective, Yimian Castle is a rare big city in the Apo Kingdom. It is also a small threat to the four-nation legion, not to mention that even such a strong city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack must be broken, which is also a big shock to the Apo people who are still hesitating.
In the dark night, Seimizu Soji first gave a warning, and then from before dawn, tens of thousands of soldiers from the four kingdoms gathered outside a palace city, entered the battlefield one after another, and arranged an array on the open ground, hoping to break through the palace city in one go.
Ogasawara Naisuke, who had been sleepless all night, looked at the broken tower last night. His expression was very serious. He had never seen a weapon that could knock down a tower with one blow. He didn't see clearly what kind of weapon it was for last night. It was a fact that the weapon was not clear, and the cover of the tower was lifted off. He looked at the enemy formation at the frontier of Nancheng and wanted to see from it which weapon was causing such an effect, but he couldn't see clearly, but he began to doubt whether Imitsu can hold on.
Last night, a familiar sound sounded again, and a "rumbling" roar sounded at the front of the south city, and four cannons once again launched a mighty power towards the city tower. The three thousand kilogram cannon can have a theoretical effective range of up to kilometers, but this is just theoretical. In fact, after five hundred meters, the accurate head is no longer visible. However, the target is too large. Even if there is no accurate head, as long as the shell is shot into the city, it can also cause huge deterrence. The shells will still bounce forward after landing, causing damage. Of course, the current cannons are actually more of a deterrent function and have not yet become the main weapon on the battlefield.
The shells were thrown into a palace city with a whistling sound and fell into the city. Three of the four shells were fired into the city. Only one of them was bouncing off half of a recruit who had no time to hide. He died miserably, and the others caused no casualties, which brought a series of dust.
The casualties were not big, but in fact the blow to morale was a major blow. Ogasawara Narisuke obviously felt that the atmosphere in Ichimiya Castle became depressed. He had some confidence in relying on the Kan Castle to almost fight a cage battle, but now he can only be beaten.
Ogasawara Naisuke fell into darkness, his whole body and mind were in darkness, and the air force instantly enveloped him, making him suffocated. The Ida army invaded Abo Country, and as the brother-in-law of Miyoshi Yoshi, he could run away. He had some confidence and hoped to promote peace with the fight. Now Imian Castle was beaten and beating, his morale was low, and his doubts suddenly intensified. He wanted to defend Imian Castle with such encouragement. Once he was angry, it was very difficult to get up again.
The violent ups and downs in emotions made Ogasawara Nakasuke fall into a desperate mood. With the idea of a arduous battle in the cage, the reality was quickly defeated by reality, thus changing rapidly from one extreme to another, and his fear increased greatly.
The smile on the corner of Sorji Kiyomizu's mouth was so loud that a deafening roar passed by. He immediately turned around and ordered the messenger: "Shockball, send the shotball up." He knew the advantages and disadvantages of the shotball, and knew that the power of the shotball was amazing within a hundred meters. After a hundred meters, he lost any accuracy. The shotball was strong at close range, had a quick response, and had the ability to kill the surface. Therefore, he could show his skills in night battles, encounters, ambush, counter-ambush and other battles, but it was actually not very effective for siege battles.
Without a clear idea, a huge palace city is placed there, just shooting shells into the city. If there were twenty or thirty cannons, Seimizu Soji would not mind plowing the battlefield with solid bullets. However, he only had four cannons. As long as he was over for a while, the defending city would always react, and there would be no huge deterrence at that time.
The shotgun looks like a barrel-shaped iron can, stuffed with finger-sized iron balls and sawdust. The diameter of the can is one circle smaller than the barrel. Therefore, after filling the medicine bag, an additional thin wooden board should be stuffed into it and then the shotgun should be filled.
At the order of Seimizu Soji, the four cannons opened fire almost at the same time. After flying out of the muzzle, the iron bucket broke due to a huge pressure difference. A small half of the iron balls inside fell into the city like raindrops, and most of the dozens were on the city wall and making a jingle sound.
Even if only a small part of the iron ball fell into the city, the damage caused was huge. Since the defenders gathered behind the walls of the south city of the palace city waiting for the enemy's attack, although the solid bullets made the queue scatter a little, it fell down instantly like harvesting wheat.
The power of the shotgun was amazing and the casualties caused were amazing. Ogasawara Naisuke was shocked. No one expected that the enemy would have such a powerful long-range weapon. He had a hint of luck, and was completely destroyed by the miserable howling.
The defenders collapsed.
For the unknown fear, the defenders did not want to wait for the arrival of death in the death zone, and retreated one after another. Even the samurai master who claimed to be fearless also retreated. Ogasawara Narusuke wanted to suppress the defenders and force them to resist.
The situation was soon a little uncontrollable, and everyone fled backwards in crowds. No one had time to care about others. The whistling sounded again. When Kiyomizu Soji saw the second shotgun loading, he ordered the cannon to be fired and then the siege was the time to attack the city.
Namba's Transmission Force led more than a thousand selected frontmen to cross the trench with a cloud ladder, climbed up the city wall, and urged the soldiers to climb up the ladder. Namba's Transmission Force Force was the first-class brave general under Kiyomizu Soji. In history, he died after Kiyomizu Soji committed suicide by committing suicide in separatism.
Namba's military commander took the lead, and more than 20 generals with their mouths broke, climbed with their hands and feet, and climbed up the ladder in a mess. The soldiers followed one after another. If it were usual, the siege of the city was the most familiar way for the generals to defend the city.
With a dull sound, Ogasawara Naosuke watched as the Ida Army Shiguo Legion hit dozens of heavy long ladders onto the city wall, and the hooks on the corners nailed into the city wall, while the soldiers under his command all lost the courage to fight.
Ogasawara Narusuke shouted loudly: "Stop it! Be sure to block it for me!"
His second uncle, Naiyin Ogasawara, grabbed his impulsive nephew and advised him: "Lord, can't you stop the South City? Should you retreat to the North City first and then make a long-term plan?!" The attack of the Four Kingdoms Legion was like a storm, and it could not be resisted at all.
Ogasawara Naisuke shook away his second uncle's pull, pulled down a soldier who wanted to escape, kicked him to the ground, threatened with a sword, and roared: "Military order, one step back, kill!" The defenders slightly raised their courage and waved their swords and guns toward the enemy who were climbing up.
The defenders did not notice that when they went up to resist, their lords, the brave and invincible Naesuke Ogasawara and Naeyoon, led more than thirty samurai, quietly withdrew from the battlefield, turned on the ramp, and quickly moved strategically towards Kita Castle Honmaru.
The Namba Army was the first to climb Nancheng and roared: "The Namba Army Army is the first to climb." As he said that, he jumped off the top of the city, stabbed the dumbfounded enemy soldiers to death with one knife, snatched the spear in his hand, waved it twice, and was quite easy to do. He laughed and charged, which scared the defenders backed away.
Following Namba's transmission, more and more Ida soldiers were coming from the crowd of Namba, and the participating defenders suddenly realized that they had become trapped troops fighting alone. They were anxious and didn't know what to do. The Ida army did not hesitate at all and rushed to death with swords and guns.
The Nan Castle of Ikami Castle, which claimed to be difficult to defeat, was easily broken. Ogasawara Naisuke, who was still in shock, held back Nimaru's door with his body and gasped. He really didn't expect the failure to be so fast and murmured in a low voice: "I can only surrender, hoping to save my life."
There was a lot of chaos in the wall.
When Ogasawara Narisuke retreated into Honmaru, the Aba Ao City was completely out of order. After witnessing the one-sided killing on the battlefield, the few remaining defenders in Honmaru had already been scared and trembling.
No one expected that the Miyagi Castle, which was said to be difficult to attack, could not resist the first wave of attacks like Banxi Castle. He watched the murderous Ida army pour into the city and attacked the various warehouses and towers, and slaughtered them all.
Kiyomizu Soji and others did not enter the city immediately. Who knows if a hiding dead man would jump out of the dead corner? Let's wait a little longer! When I cleaned up several times and talked about entering the city, although Honmaru and some of the city towers were still in the hands of Ogasawara, in general, Miyagi was considered to have fallen.
As one of the largest cities in the Apo Kingdom, Yimiya Castle City Fortifications is solid. In addition, it is located in a key area, so the reserves in the city are abundant, and the number of defenders is about a thousand. However, under the offensive of the Ida Army, Yimiya Castle is shaking, and the back of the hand in the city is unimaginable.
Kiyomizu Soji smiled happily, "I originally thought it was a tough battle, but I never thought that Immiya Castle was so fragile. Now I will write a battle report to Kishiwada Castle, and especially put the credit of the artillery team first. They are the protagonists today."
Suzuki Yoshikazu and his Zagamen watched the Ida army's siege throughout the whole process, without intervening, and smiled bitterly, saying, "I haven't seen it before!" The two powerful weapons of the Cold Weapon Age turned to the Hot Weapon Age, cannons and guns. Japan only sent guns, but ignored cannons.
It was also the first time that Suzuki Yoshikazu witnessed the power of the cannon. Thinking from the perspective of others, he might not be much better than Ogasawara Naisuke. This is also because he was very grateful that he stood on the side of the winner.
Kiyomizu Soji smiled relaxedly and said, "No one expected that the power of the cannon would be so powerful. If there was a cannon that was ten times twenty times, and that strong city would be uneven and unable to attack, the lord was indeed a man of destiny."
Suzuki Yoshikazu sincerely praised: "Yes!"
In this battle, the Ida army directly participated in the attack on Yimichi was only a thousand, and the remaining tens of thousands of troops surrounded the periphery of Yimichi. This battle deliberately reduced its combat troops in order to further shock many Abo people and give enough confidence to the soldiers in the Ida army.
The one who was frightened was not just the defenders in a villa. Seeing the Ida army breaking through a villa without any effort, Ogasawara Narisuke, who was still breathing, was already dead in the eyes of many Apo people. They were shocked and glad that they were very surprised.
The battle of A Palace City also touched the nerves of Shengrui City. Among the tens of thousands of people in the siege, they would inevitably not participate in the spy chaos. They could not see the real situation on the battlefield, but they heard the true and false news, and without exception, they proved this matter. One thing they couldn't believe was that A Palace City fell.
Chapter completed!